Combine vinegar, sugar and 1 tsp salt in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and let cool completely. Slice cucumber lengthwise into long 1/8-inch thick strips. Cut each strip lengthwise into 1/8-inch wide pieces. Slice the carrot, jicama and papaya in the same way. Combine the cucumber, carrot, jicama and papaya in a large bowl. Toss with the vinegar mixture, lemon juice and cilantro.

Bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Add oil, noodles and remaining 1 tsp salt. Boil until noodles are tender, about 2 minutes. Drain and rinse under cold water. Noodles should remain in a bowl of cool water until ready to use.

Before filling the rolls, transfer vegetable mixture to a colander to drain. Gently press out excess liquid. Drain the noodles and arrange on a baking sheet. Cover loosely with a damp towel. Set up a large shallow bowl of very hot water. Slide a spring roll wrapper into the water. Wrapper will become pliable after about 45 seconds. Remove it from water and lay it flat on paper towel.

Place lettuce on the bottom half of the wrapper. Arrange ¼ packed cup of vegetables over the lettuce. Spread out 1 heaping Tbsp of noodles over the vegetables. Roll wrapper up, tucking in the ends as you go. Roll as tightly as possible. Repeat with remaining wrappers. Trim off the ends of the rolls.

Cut each roll in half and each half in half on a diagonal. Stand rolls on the flat end to serve. Serve with peanut sauce for dipping.

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What's with the "food slut" title?

Simple. I was initially going to go with "food whore" until Brad pointed out that "whores do it for the money, but sluts do it because they like it". Awesome.

Food slut, tell us about yourself!

How kind of you to ask!

I'm Cheryl, and I'm a food slut. I love food. I love cooking it, eating it, photographing it, staring at it, writing about it and reading about it. Cookbooks are one of my favorite things to read, and I'm known to scatter them around the house so I always have one to browse through, regardless of where I am. There are few things I find more enjoyable than ambling through a grocery store (particularly gourmet shops, or those in foreign countries) and checking out the products. I'm a slut, all right!

Besides being a food slut, I'm also a wife and mom. I'm 33years old, and have been married seven years to Brad, a man who loves food as much as I do. We have two fabulous little girls who love to help out in the kitchen. I've lived in Washington state (18 years, broken up into chunks of time here and there), California(3 years), Spain(7 years), Japan(4 years), Louisiana (1 year), and just recently moved to central New York, which I've already fallen deeply in love with.

This blog serves as a place for me to share my recipes with others, to make notes about different things I cook, and also as a means for me to corral all of my recipes in one place for easy reference.